Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-14
TO VISIT GEORGIA.
President Cleveland Promises to Pay
a Visit to Atlanta, Ga, Before
October, this Year.
4 Letter from Treasurer J0rdan-NO
Truth in the Reported Relapse
Ex-Secretary Manning.
only Three Companies Withdrawn from
the National Drill Because of the
Colored Companiss.i
A GOOD FEATURE.


Special 10 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April I3.-Since the
fnter.s state commerce act went into effect
tine number Of personal applications for
onoointmen,s under the administration at
washington has diminished very ma
4arialIv. At the Interior Department q
renorter was informed by an official that
there has been a marked falling off in the
number Of calls from the various states
and territories. The withdrawal of
railroad passes has pretty effectually
s+onDgd the coming of delegations and of
Individuals to urge appointments and
Dress claims here. Before the inter
state law went into effect there was not
dav passed that we did not
have delegations and individuals here
for ore purpose or another. They would
come from the Pacific coast and the far
northwest, but now. since free passes
have been cancelled, we don't have many
such callers.
NO PLANS.
Il is said at the White House that the
President has made no plans for the SUM-
mer. He believes he can spend the time
very comfortably at Oakview, his SUB
urban residence, and has not yet given
any consideration to the question OF va
cation. 1t is probable, however, that he
will take his usual month in the noun
tains. A year ago the President promised
Senator Colquitt and others to pay visit
TO Atlanta, but was prevented from carry
ing out the agreement He has now re-
newed the promise to visit Atlanta in Oc-
tober unless some unforeseen cause pre-
vents.
THE NATIONAL DRILL.
WASHINGTON, april - Mr.. DeleOn,
secretary Of the national drill, says he has
written no general letter on the subject
Of the participating of cOlOred troops in
the exercises Of the May encampment and
drill in this CITY. SIEVE al commanders
of southern companies have made inqui-
ries regarding the matter, and to each he
has replied according to the nature of the
inquiry, but he has kept no copies of his
letters. The letters, however, have ali
been published in the southern papers.
He has stated the ruling Of the manage
ment to be that cOlored companies
regularly organized as National Guards
which applied before the lst of April
would have their applications considered
without discrimination. The only ColOred
companies which applied were one from
the District of Columbia and two OF the
regularly organized troops of Virginia.
Mr.. DeleOn says he has also stated that
there would be no social equality, except
such as the soldiers might
want The Virginia troops will
rm part of their
state contingent under command of Brig
adler General Anderson of the First Y if
ginia volunteers. Only three companies,
the Montgomery True Blues and Greys
G7d the Atlanta Rifles have decided not
TO participate in the drill. Two COmpan-
les ia Texas, two in Mississippi and one
in North Carolina made inquiries, but they
have not authorized their withdrawal
POSTAL RECEIPTS
WASHINGTON, April l3.-The gross
postal receipts of thirty of the largest
postoffices in the country for the first
three months Of the present year were
S+,T+6, 046, an increase of 1881, 48l over
the corresponding period of last year or
eight and seven-tenths per cent.
MANNING AND JORDAN.
WASHINGTON, april ia letter has
been received here from Treasurer J0r-
dan, who is now in Paris, saying he will
visit London about the 18th inst. and
then expects to depart for New York on the
DIST. He says ex- Secretary Manning ar
rived in England in much better health
tnan when he left New York, and that
his visit to BOurnemouth was
arranged before his departure from this
country, and was not, as has been gener-
ally supposed the result of relapse or
anything of the kind.
1t is thought now that Mr.. JOrdan's
successor as treasurer will not be ap-
pointed until after his return to Wash
ington, early in May.